Chicago Bears fire Matt Eberflus as head coach | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

[@LK-bz9sk]

Management not firing Eberfluis before his press conference was management pulling an Eberflus

[@O-D-X]

My thinking is they weren't going to fire him ... Then that press conference and the axe swings down.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

@@O-D-X do you suppose they thought Ebeflop was suddenly going to develop a sense of reality and accept responsibility for his own mistakes in the presser?

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

Eberflussed...a new term for being undone by another's incompetence.

[@ToddEWalnuts]

I really really really hope the Jets hire Eberflus 😆

[@WhiteyThePooh]

Diabolical lol

[@AntonyC83]

That’s so evil. I love it 😂😂

[@theshogunblaze3656]

me too! 🐬🆙

[@cancunamericanatl7162]

You need Jeezus... 😳 🤭

[@irishspagetti6565]

is this an patriots fan

[@Jay-r6s1i]

I have been watching football my entire life (50 years). Some of the coaching that has occurred this year has been nothing sort of amateurish. Eberflus yesterday took the cake. Your team had the Lions reeling. The game was in the balance. You have one timeout remaining. This is professional football. Your team should be prepared for situations like this.

[@johnchedsey1306]

I feel like a person watching their first game at family Thanksgiving would have realized something wasn't right on that final play. Totally bonkers. I've never seen anything that disorganized in my 51 years. You're not wrong!

[@daveb8449]

He didn't take any accountability in his press conference. That didn't help either.

[@DiFinni]

Man, that's an NFL head coach. I was on the couch yelling to call the timeout or run a play right away. They acted like they had so much time on the clock, unreal. I'd like that job.

[@dannyyang1202]

We all did!! What a idiots coach. Vikings fan here.😂

[@Hurricanes5]

That’s because your quarterback has no clue.

[@spongegarandpatar]

honestly a lot of jobs in the NFL are because of nepotism so im not surprised we see such incompetence lmfao

[@Benito722]

I only imagine how many fans of all ages were yelling the same thing at the same time.😡

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

They might as well hire you. You really couldn't screw it up any worse.

[@RedHoodFH]

Thomas brown is speed running the coaching tree promotion path 😂

[@bruhswag7982]

If he keeps up the way he’s been calling the offense and is successful in the rest of the season he very well could hold onto the job and rightfully so

[@Southsideirishspartan69]

Hes not a good coach eithe r​@bruhswag7982

[@jzpat]

What’s nice is now for the rest of the season we get an in game interview process for Thomas brown. Bears can find it if they have a young Mike tomlin or what for the next 6 games. They don’t have to gamble on hiring him at the end of the season .

[@1011skarn]

Im not sure why he would be a HC candidate. He should be only be auditioning for an OC. He's interim bc of the absolute stupidity of all of this. It would be SO BEARS to make a passing game coordinator a Head Coach.

[@bruhswag7982]

@ if someone else comes in as HC then they would want their own OC and who knows if they would like Thomas brown or not. If his success continues he could keep the job

[@oneilljryan]

One of the reasons they fired him, was BECAUSE of the press conference. I'm surprised you can't see that.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Yep. It's just funny that it took them that long. This clown should have been fired last year, before he had a chance to screw up a perfectly good draftee.

[@humanbeing2420]

There were two press conferences- the post-game conference yesterday and then another one this morning. Mike is talking about the second one.

[@mrlaw711]

Mike is intelligent unlike so many commentators.

[@hbbarn8607]

Agreed 👍

[@mitchelltravis1984]

What makes him intelligent unlike other commentators?

[@michaellombardi24]

He's not a commentator

[@Insanerst]

Definitely a divergent thinker

[@HidingFromFate]

@@michaellombardi24 Fine. A reporter who also offers his commentary.

[@tunahelpa5433]

As I watched, I couldn't believe what I was seeing !

[@daveb8449]

Nance and Romo couldn't believe it either.

[@jackcollin2476]

The Bears last possession last night was a disaster that anyone even my grandma who doesn't know anything about football and she's also passed away, would know how to avoid that ending for the Bears. Probably the most pathetic ending and most disappointing ending to a game that I've ever seen and I'm not even a Bears fan

[@genemontoya4028]

I was 420 baked saying, " WTF did he do?"

[@chardeemacdennis3852]

I was sitting there as a lions fan wondering wtf was happening..

[@brettfavreify]

Bill Parcells or Belichick need to go around the league to deliver a coaching seminar on clock management. The lack of knowledge by "play callers" is staggering.

[@TahitianTreatt]

Bill belichick has been a bad coach since Brady last 2 years in New England, and showed to be even worse after Brady left.

[@brettfavreify]

@@TahitianTreatt Totally missed the point I was making.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

@@brettfavreify you're not wrong, but it doesn't require a HOF coach. Middle school coaches understand this stuff.

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

It's rigged and faked now.

[@PEN-N-PAL]

*The Bears fired Matt Eberflus after the press conference because he didn't for once take the blame for the batched 32 seconds of the Lions game the whole nation was watching, if Eberflus had taking the blame, the Bears would have let him complete the season.* -NFL-SCOUT

[@TT-wx4tg]

exactly

[@Jay-r6s1i]

Ding! Completely tone-deaf. Reminded me of the presser Zach Wilson had when he took no responsibility for his poor performance.

[@hstclair103]

Eberflus made the right decision to hold the timeout. What you call that timeout with 32 seconds left and then have a play and try to get your offense off the field, and field goal unit on the field. You get everyone back to the line and snap with 10-15 seconds left they just took 9 seconds too long.

[@PEN-N-PAL]

@@hstclair103 *You don't know the game, nobody asked a novice for their opinion on a serious business.*

[@armondmeilleur7563]

No way. He was toast!

[@BasedSherpa]

8:28 Mike describing me during the covid lockdowns lol

[@GP-ur6if]

Maybe they fired him because he didn't admit that he made a mistake

[@kellyi.4353]

Why did the owner let Eberfluse have a press conference? Because they weren’t going to fire him but when they heard him say he was happy with his decision, THAT’S when they decided to fire him.

[@humanbeing2420]

Are you talking about this AM's performance?

[@adial001]

The Madden reference killed me, but he is absolutely right. Lol

[@RussingtonS4678]

This 2 minute drill ranks alongside Jim Mcmahon's dancing the "super bowl shuffle" as two of the Bears darkest moments.

[@savvy525]

The Bears are a 20th century organization in the 21st century. It’s really sad that so many Bear fans still know the Super Bowl Shuffle lyrics by heart.

[@hungrybraineater2]

That's a little kind. The Bears are an organization with a 19th century mindset stuck in the 21st century and that is where the city is. Im sick of this city and its stupid meat and potato mentality.

[@jacknguyen5677]

McCaskey needs to sell the team to younger generation.

[@ezatko]

This doesn't take into account the stupid decision to go for 2 points on their second TD... They were in position to tie the game... they should have been in position to win it. I feel bad for Bear fans.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Right? I feel like some teams are going for 2 too early in games or going for it on 4th down when they should just be getting 3 points. There's been a lot of points left on the field that kickers could have gotten. I feel better for Bears fans today. Caleb Williams is showing real promise so hopefully the next coach is not a Mark Trestman type of hire.

[@andreharris144]

@@johnchedsey1306if the beats screw this coaching hire then i’m done 😂😂

[@dschimp]

THANK YOU! No one is mentioning this… no idea why they went for 2 when their offense was completely stagnant (especially the run game)… boneheaded move to try for 2 when the PAT would’ve been basically guaranteed and put them in position to win at the end… 🤦‍♂️

[@LionsTigersPistonsWings]

Agree with Florio, they even screwed up the dismissal. It should have been a PR release at 8AM ET with an interim plan and a Kevin Warren presser at Noon ET. Get ahead of all the east Coast media and have your soundbites wrapped up by the start of the Amazon game at 3ET. East stuff.

[@somerandomguy5977]

Hail mary is on the players. There was literally a guy celebrating during the play and no one stayed behind. As much as he has messed up almost nobody blamed the coach and why should they, when several players are out of position it makes it the players faults, no matter how many did their job at least 2 absolutely screwed up.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Leaders are supposed to accept responsibility for their own team's actions. That's the most important part of the HC job: Make sure these people are disciplined and prepared.

[@billbond2045]

Maybe what he said in presser was what tiped the scale

[@O-D-X]

That is my thinking, they were considering it, but were going to keep him til the end of the season and he went in the press conference laid almost as big as egg as he did with his decisions yesterday.

[@arodri313]

I so hope they hire the interim as the full time HC. That never goes bad. One Pride!

[@jordansamuels3552]

QB blew game not coach. QB needed to get play off way quicker. Coach expects his QB to be smart enough

[@robe2504]

Everything is not either or. This was a both, and whole team, lacking urgency. They could have spiked the ball when they got the long 1st down. And had two breaks (time out later) to confirm the plan.

[@Adambomb942]

To be fair that ending is 100% on Caleb choking. Under no circumstances would Chicago gain 10 yards and the lions let the player get out of bounds. They needed to go for that short yard gain play ASAP then call the timeout to get the kicking team on the field.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Nonsense. It's about 20% on Caleb. The entire offense was laughably unprepared for a very standard, routine end of game scenario, and that's on the coaches.

[@lordrayden3045]

@@DogSlobberGardens-i7f No, he shouldn’t have been sacked to start with Or ya know…… call the time out Football Jesus isn’t good

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

For real real. Why he didn't try to help the team!

[@johnsonjjohnson100]

I thouight the interview of Caleb was revealing He said he "checked out" of the play that was called for him to be able to get the quick yards needed for thre field goal THAT was the reason they spent so much waisted time at the line of scrimage The coach DIDN"T throw the QB under the bus for this blunder

[@SmittyAZ]

That's when HCs use their last timeout, right? Caleb IS a rookie.

[@toofast75]

He checked out of the play because he realized there wasn't enough time to run the original play, that at that point, he needed to go for the end zone. HC should have either called a TO after the sack or at min, called it at 20 seconds when there was confusion

[@UnicowBoySlots]

Much like Eberflus, the owners held on to their time out and let it play out.

[@tag_76]

I'm just amazed a "generational" QB coming out of college didn't have the brain capacity or situational awareness to call a timeout. Yeah maybe Eberflus should have but seriously, Caleb should have too.

[@lordrayden3045]

“Any kid that plays madden would do better…..” Except for their QB, football Jesus, who got sacked, didn’t call a time out and wasn’t in a hurry

[@burprobrox9134]

Happy Thanksgiving Mike

[@gubnillec]

I honestly believe while Flus was talking Warren was figuratively hammering his fists on the desk telling George " FIRE HIM!!!"

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Get a better camera, Mike. Your cam was focused on the background the entire video; and even at that, it's not very sharp. Very distracting!

[@Freddom55Life]

You are the Best !!! Exactly what needed to be said

[@IMAC1776]

The Bears might relocate to the suburbs but the Bears will never leave Chicagoland.

[@eyoelberhane_blackmoth]

I don't even blame Eberflus for the blocked FG (because even the Broncos were sidelined at the end by the Chiefs) but yeah he had to go, he was holding the team back in a frustrating way.

[@vansmack4972]

As a Packer fan I was hoping Chicago would give Eberfluss a multi year contract extension.

[@robe2504]

Vikes fans were hoping for the same thing. And a Bears win yesterday.

[@rlong160]

I'm at a loss. He actually went +10m without bashing the Vikings - shocker.

[@OconByrd519]

The ending to that game on Thanksgiving will go down as one of the biggest coaching blunders of all time.

[@GARRY3754]

Can we fire politicians?

[@jacknguyen5677]

We did!

[@spencergwin9454]

That was dirty, no matter what the opinion of Eberflus

[@rccomics]

As Jerry Glanville said, NFL stands for Not For Long

[@283Moondancer]

Why shouldn't he have to do the press conference? Has it occurred to anyone that the organisation wanted to see what he would say before they made their final decision about him? C'mon now. He said the play before the Hail Mary in Washington had nothing to do with that loss, when it was exactly that play that made the Hail Mary possible (notwithstanding the defensive player messing around while the play was going on). And today, once again, he took no personal responsibility or blame and shaded his comments to point blame at his players. Maybe if he'd said, "Hey, that was my fault. I screwed up.", he would still have his job.

[@foolmenow00]

They may have given him courtesy to address media as he has done for 3 years at 10 am. They then may have given him alternatives to change his coaching style - excuses, denials of accountability or even only allowing OC to make offensive decisions yet he may have refused, then they fired him. King Poles will likely address this issue when asked by media.

[@murkrow2316]

Asking what would Patrick Mahomes look like in Chicago? Or Aaron Rodgers…

[@sharonreel8678]

Once again you are using logic, Florio. We’ll have none of that where the Bears are concerned.

[@tonya4029]

It just goes to show you how unprofessional the Bears organization has become.

[@matthewm7487]

Eberflus hire never made sense.

[@8283561]

Madden in his mom's basement eating Cheetos and smoking weed 🤣 8:28

[@jacknguyen5677]

Nothing wrong with that. At least he or she smarter than the Bear HC.

[@one_hoop]

The owners called timeout a few seconds before his press conference, but Eberflus refused to recognize it!

[@klardfarkus3891]

Maybe Bears management doesn’t come in till ten on mondays?

[@reetosevensix5342]

We all saw Eberflus learn the hard lesson of clock management, bet he'll never lose track of the clock again. Eberflus got better in a way after this.🌞

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Eberflop has a distinct pattern of absolutely refusing to even consider that he might have screwed up, no matter how painfully obvious it is. He's this year's Brandon Staley or Zach Wilson. Completely shits the bed and then has the nerve to stand there and say he did nothing wrong. Twice, regarding this particular debacle.

[@yarsivad000.5]

The Bears screwed up on Coach firing…. Fumbled the Firing. Dá Bears!

[@edwardbargiel1428]

Why does no one put any blame on Williams he took 9 seconds to snap the ball. I agree Eberflus needed to go but man people saying Williams he’s a rookie. A high school qb knows he has to get the ball snapped.

[@brandonyankowski4319]

Wow i worked all day and didnt know they let him have his press conference today before they fired him

[@texmcboog]

Right around now, Keenan is thinking that a pay cut to stay with the Chargers would have been a good idea. He would have had another great season with Herbert and made more in FA than he will this year.

[@JJGuccione]

Khmer Rouge slogan “We gain nothing by keeping you and lose nothing by killing you.”

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

That should be life goals motto! Why I'm just learning this now. Thanks!

[@Card_Crazed]

The Bears need to get rid of Ted Thompson and the other guy who have been there for 30+ years. They are consultants.

[@armondmeilleur7563]

Ted Thompson has been dead since 2021 🤪

[@mothealien]

@@armondmeilleur7563 LMAO

[@Philc231]

Who is going to want to coach this team ? The bears just destroyed their integrity by doing something they’ve never done . Flus was bad , but not that bad .

[@nathanstrange6191]

I wonder if they were waiting to see what he said in the press conference. Do you think they were waiting to see if he could admit he was wrong?

[@jackflash5659]

I hope Bears management gave Eberflus a parting gift. A clock.

[@JefroBodine]

Nice commentary. Well done👍

[@frankcross6958]

the clock management was the nail in the coffin

[@rasserfrasser]

The Bears only regret is probably, "Mike, why couldn't you have pulled this clock b.s. last year? We know a great barber."

[@richj011]

They had a chance to hire Harbaugh and coach Williams who's won at both levels and they chose not to. Tells you everything you need to know about that organization.

[@TT-wx4tg]

Fire Kevin Warren otherwise it is pointless moving forward.

[@HidingFromFate]

I wanted Warren gone ever since he set up a press conference starting with a priest saying a prayer for a new stadium.

[@trevorhembrough1290]

You owe Hub Arkush an apology, Eberflus

[@junt22]

Mike - Get a grip. At least they FIRED Eb

[@miami444]

32 seconds is plenty of time to complete a pass and run the field goal unit on the field? 32 seconds wasn't even enough time to get one play off 😂😂😂

[@LoPaz199]

Great job by the Bears. They gave him a decent chance with Caleb but they probably knew last year he was a gonet most likely. It's good to start a Caleb window with a new coach. Now they essentially start clean with a rookie qb and a new HC together, with Caleb having a year under his belt.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

That's silly. They should have fired him last spring before he ever had a chance to ruin a good draftee's first season.

[@tyriswebb2117]

I can’t believe they waited this long to fire him.

[@calm1047]

When the Bears' field goal was blocked against Green Bay, they didn't use their third down to pick up more yards?

[@ThePsho]

Fredo, you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever let the clock run out at the end of a game you're losing while holding onto a timeout. Ever.

[@PEN-N-PAL]

*Thomas Brown is not the most experience coach on the Bears staff, just because he's working with Caleb Williams doesn't make him a HC either, the Bears should have just let him concentrate being the OC for the rest of the year and see how does doing that, being a HC could kick in the Peter Principle.* -NFL-SCOUT

[@alittlewasted3869]

Maybe they wanted to let Flus defend his decisions. 😂

[@shipwreck8847]

This should have been done last year I have NO CLUE why they even brought him back this season

[@xrppornstar9483]

The way Mike pronounces his Ls. Like Pull or Pole Or Role. He is just so much on my nerves. He sounds like he just fell off the turnip truck.

[@paulshevchenko1432]

I’m starting believe it was done on purpose since the season is shot They are smarter than that clock management …anyone would call a time out…there’s more to the story …it’s not about winning for the bears now but reloading draft picks

[@TT-wx4tg]

Head coach, GM, ownership, why the Bears think they need a CEO as a go between just shows how weak they are.

[@Jay-r6s1i]

The CEO was actually hired to address the Bears stadium situation. The decision-making should not be his responsibility; it should be the owner and the GM. Unfortunately for Chicago, the Bears are the Bears. Notice I said they are not Da Bears.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

This is what happens when utterly clueless people are just handed a billion-dollar business simply because someone else croaked. See also: Las Vegas Raiders.

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

Is that why no one is dragging owners through the dirt. I'll never understand any of this. Nice?

[@bradleyschneider3871]

Not a lions fan but if i was i would have been sitting on the couch saying yes yes yes unbelievable! They are who we thought they are!😮

[@AlisonTuckwab]

Aaron arm throws looks good Bari movement he moves like a old man a Rod does🔥🔥🔥

[@theshogunblaze3656]

he shouldn’t have been allowed to fly back with the team. But it’s good that he’s finally gone

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

It's one thing to have your judgement questioned, but it's quite another to appear to be totally incompetent on national TV. The Bears deserve better.

[@bodgertime]

What is better, Bob Costas’ den or Mike Floria’s kitchen….Architectural Digest asks you, the subscriber…

[@nolongerblocked6210]

He earned & deserved this!! It's his own fault, I feel no pity for him at all PS: the worst thing that happened to the Bears was the 4-2 start, it gave them false hope that Eberflus was turning it around... sometimes being a defensive coordinator is someone's ceiling

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Maybe the ownership thought there was a slim chance that Eberflop would suddenly develop a sense of reality and accept accountability for his own screw-ups in the presser. Which was a dumb bet, but hey, let's give them the benefit of the doubt 🤣

[@MannyJones-v1x]

He absolutely deserved to be fired this is the worse situational football I've ever seen

[@letsgobrandon6281]

You don't call a timeout. You have the ball snapped sooner.thats on Caleb He had 23 seconds to a hike He ran it to 6. You need that timeout so you can maybe have a reception in the field of play. Then timeout And kick. Caleb blew it

[@MEEZLEMONSTER]

I honestly don't even remember who the Bears coach was before Eberflus... 🤷🏽‍♂🤷🏽‍♂

[@breezecardenas3941]

Matt Nagy, John Fox, Mark Tressman.... 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@dragonore2009]

The Saints, the Jets, The Bears and maybe the Jaguars. Which team will win over Ben Johnson?

[@skothopper6729]

Detroit

[@dragonore2009]

@@skothopper6729 I too hope he stays in Detroit

[@skothopper6729]

@@dragonore2009 I don't see him leaving for at least another season

[@jayball4155]

Wow, there's some real wit, Mike.

[@James-w8x1q]

Belichick could come in and team with Caleb like he teamed with Tom Brady and could turn things around!

[@wrealini]

Not a Bears fan but they had a chance to at least tie the game.

[@bouji_]

I'm surprised they fired the tank commander.

[@matthewanderson6423]

No, after last night debacle he had to do the presser and face the wolves.

[@MylonKomp]

Is it possible someone with the power to approve the firing didn’t like what they heard in the Friday morning press conference? So they gave the approval to boot Eberlose.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

It's not only possible, it's painfully obvious. The funny part is keeping him on staff this year at all. People were calling for Eberflop's head last year, and they were right.

[@CoJoPa2010]

After what he did in Detroit, I think Warren & Poles decided to let him “swing in the wind” one more time with the media before putting him out of our misery. Now, go get Vrabel!!!

[@Bluboy30]

I can't stop laughing because so many football "experts" predicted this Bears team will be a playoff team this season. Many of them, including Florio here, said they'd be better than the Vikings. 😅

[@Chris-ey8zf]

On paper, they are. They should've beaten the Vikings already. Vikings won because the Bears coaches are that bad. There's a reason he's the first Bears HC ever fired midseason in their 100+ year history.

[@lordrayden3045]

@@Chris-ey8zf No they aren’t Did you fall and hit your head?

[@ernestparham8376]

He fried him at the end with the whole Madden joke

[@matthewerspamer6274]

Bears should hire Mike McCarthy